JC SOFTBALL: Ramos earns 700th victory as Lady Chaps split

Published 5:30 pm, Thursday, March 6, 2014

Midland College softball head coach Tommy Ramos talks with his team between innings during the game against Howard last season at the Midland College softball field. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram

Midland College softball head coach Tommy Ramos talks with his team between innings during the game against Howard last season at the Midland College softball field. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram

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JC SOFTBALL: Ramos earns 700th victory as Lady Chaps split

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BORGER -- The Midland College softball team split their conference-opening doubleheader against Frank Phillips College on Thursday but also reached a milestone for its head coach.

The Lady Chaparrals lost the first game to the Lady Plainsmen, 4-3, but then bounced back to win the second game, 6-2, and give head coach Tommy Ramos his 700th victory.

Ramos said his team had actually been putting a lot of pressure on itself trying to get him that milestone win but was proud that they were able to push through their fatigue and all the emotions to get that victory.

“It’s a great mark and a good indication of the kind of players that we’ve had in the past and the commitment they put into the program,” said Ramos, who’s in his 15th season of coaching the Lady Chaps. “Every player past and present played a part of this. It’s not just one person, it’s definitely the girls.”

Ramos said his team was a little road weary on Thursday. After MC’s bus trip from Georgia was delayed because of weather, the team had to get back on a bus and make the trip to the Panhandle.

Ramos said the Lady Chaps looked tired in the first game.

“Offensively we didn’t execute well and we made mental mistakes that cost us that first game,” he said. “But we pushed through it and had a better effort in the second game. But Frank Phillips played well and didn’t make mistakes.”

Ramos added his pitchers also threw well and gave his team a chance to win.

Shelby Weissenbach scattered six hits and had five strikeouts in the first game but MC committed three errors behind her.

In the second game, Dominique Lozano Alcocer allowed just two hits and struck out eight.

The Lady Chaps (12-8, 1-1 in Western Junior College Athletic Conference) continue their Panhandle road trip with a doubleheader against Clarendon College at 1 p.m. today.